Quartirolo Lombardo vs Squacquerone
Quartirolo Lombardo
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
- Status
- PDO
Quartirolo Lombardo is a soft cow's milk cheese from Italy, and the name points to Lombardy. The name is protected. Makers use whole milk, or milk that has been partly skimmed, and they sell it as a table cheese rather than a hard wheel for grating. A young piece is pale, mild, and slightly sour. With more ripening the paste turns more aromatic, a little tighter, and more ready to melt when it is warmed.
Squacquerone
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- di Romagna DOP – Emilia-Romagna
Squacquerone is a very soft cow's milk cheese from Emilia-Romagna, in Italy, and it belongs to Romagna. The paste is so moist that a serving slumps and spreads instead of standing as a neat wedge. Makers sell it young, with no rind and almost no firm body. The flavor is mild, milky, and lightly tangy, closer to fresh cream than to an aged wheel. In local meals it is a spreading cheese, not a cheese for the grater.